Earlier this month, the Associated Press announced that it found “no definitive evidence” to warrant changing the photo’s authorship, and released a 96-page report on the matter – its second in four months – based on its own internal investigation. The AP concluded that it was “possible” Ut took the photo, and found no evidence that Nguyen took it instead. The matter was unable to be proven conclusively, it added, due to the passage of time, the absence of key evidence, the limitations of technology and the deaths of several key people involved.
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‘I’m doing the work I need to do to live with myself’: Joe Sacco on democracy, genocide, and drawing the truth – The Comics Journal
Joe Sacco talks to Zach Rabiroff about stories past and future, as well as the endless misery.
via The Comics Journal: https://www.tcj.com/im-doing-the-work-i-need-to-do-to-live-with-myself-joe-sacco-on-democracy-genocide-and-drawing-the-truth/
If an artist can be measured in part by their capacity to look truth squarely in the eye without flinching, let it be said that Joe Sacco is an artist. For more than three decades, Sacco has been perhaps the most prominent and influential cartoonist-journalist in comics
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A Photographer’s Record of Life in Afghanistan after the Fall of Kabul
The photographer Hashem Shakeri shows the texture of daily life in a place the rest of the world has seemingly forgotten.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/life-in-afghanistan-after-the-fall-of-kabul/
Hashem Shakeri’s photographs show the texture of daily life in a place the rest of the world has seemingly forgotten.
https://aperture.org/editorial/life-in-afghanistan-after-the-fall-of-kabul/
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A Shimmering Portrait of Contemporary Iran
When Sara Abbaspour returned to Iran after working in the United States, she found a new way of photographing her home country.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/a-shimmering-portrait-of-contemporary-iran/
When Sara Abbaspour returned to Iran after working in the United States, she found a new way of photographing her home country.
https://aperture.org/editorial/a-shimmering-portrait-of-contemporary-iran/
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Photographer’s Distressing Photos Capture Life Inside El Salvador’s Notorious Prison
Philip Holsinger was present when a group of Venezuelan prisoners arrived from the U.S.
On March 15, photographer Philip Holsinger captured arguably 2025’s most sensational photographs when a group of Venezuelan prisoners arrived in El Salvador from the United States.
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Reclaiming women’s place in Japanese photography
I’m So Happy You Are Here, a travelling exhibition and accompanying book, showcases seminal works by Japanese women photographers from the 1950s onward, underscoring their often overlooked contributions. Published by Aperture, it features 25 portfolios, an illustrated bibliography curated by Marc Feustel and Russet Lederman, and essays from a range of writers, including Carrie Cushman and Kelly Midori McCormick. Ahead of the exhibition at Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Germany, Roula Seikaly speaks with curators Lesley A. Martin, Pauline Vermare and Takeuchi Mariko about their expansive collaboration, key works that informed the project and the importance of centring individual women’s stories in Japanese photographic history.
via 1000 Words: https://1000wordsmag.com/im-so-happy-you-are-here/
I’m So Happy You Are Here, a travelling exhibition and accompanying book, showcases seminal works by Japanese women photographers from the 1950s onward, underscoring their often overlooked contributions. Published by Aperture, it features 25 portfolios, an illustrated bibliography curated by Marc Feustel and Russet Lederman, and essays from a range of writers, including Carrie Cushman and Kelly Midori McCormick. Roula Seikaly speaks with curators Lesley A. Martin, Pauline Vermare and Takeuchi Mariko about their expansive collaboration, key works that informed the project and the importance of centring individual women’s stories in Japanese photographic history.
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Magnum Photos’ Origins Told in New Graphic Novel
Magnum Photos announced Magnum Generation(s), a graphic novel regaling the true and fascinating stories behind its founding.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/05/12/magnum-photos-origins-told-in-new-graphic-novel/
World-renowned photographic cooperative Magnum Photos, founded in 1947, announced a Kickstarter whose goal is the release of Magnum Generation(s), a graphic novel regaling the true and fascinating stories behind its founding.
https://petapixel.com/2025/05/12/magnum-photos-origins-told-in-new-graphic-novel/
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How the War in Ukraine Altered Life for a Lost Generation
Instead of making documentary images about the war, Daria Svertilova focuses on her friends and acquaintances—and the emotions of resistance.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/how-the-war-in-ukraine-altered-life-for-a-lost-generation/
Rather than making documentary images of the war itself, Daria Svertilova focuses on her friends and acquaintances—and the emotions of resistance.
https://aperture.org/editorial/how-the-war-in-ukraine-altered-life-for-a-lost-generation/
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Charlie Tadlock: Cruise Control – LENSCRATCH
For the past few days we have been looking at the work of artists who I met at this year’s Society for Photographic Education conference during the portfolio reviews. Up last, we have Cruise Control by Charlie Tadlock. Charlie Tadlock is a visual artist and educator working predominantly in lens-based media and installation, currently based in Sandy, UT where he teaches photography
via LENSCRATCH: https://lenscratch.com/2025/05/charlie-tadlock-cruise-control/
Through sustained analysis of the space surrounding the highway, I seek to highlight – both technically and conceptually – the tension between ephemeral growth, prosperity, and transience that exists in the landscape
https://lenscratch.com/2025/05/charlie-tadlock-cruise-control/
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26 preview picks from the UK’s largest art fair dedicated to photography — special 10th anniversary edition May 15-18, 2025.
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AI is creeping into every space of our lives, experts caution – Poynter
From viral shrimp messiahs to fake news popes, AI is warping how we see the world — and what we believe
via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2025/generative-aritificial-intelligence-images-growing-threat/
Mahadevan described the replacement of professional journalists and fact-checkers with the general public as a monumental failure. “The future of facts online is you,” he told the audience. “In an incredibly hostile online world, all of these platforms have basically said, ‘You’re on your own. It’s up to you.’”
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The AP Will Not Change Nick Ut’s Credit on ‘Napalm Girl’ Photo
The investigation was prompted by claims made in a documentary.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/05/06/after-lengthy-investigation-the-ap-will-not-change-nick-uts-credit-on-napalm-girl-photo/
The Associated Press (AP) has released an extensive report looking at whether Nick Ut is the author of the Vietnam War Napalm Girl image. After a detailed investigation, it has decided that it will not change the credit on the famous photograph.
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Doug Mills and Moises Saman Win 2025 Pulitzer Prizes for Photography
Doug Mills of the New York Times and Moises Saman, contributor to the New Yorker, have been named the winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/05/05/doug-mills-and-moises-saman-win-2025-pulitzer-prizes-for-photography/
Doug Mills, photographer for the New York Times, and Moises Saman, contributor to the New Yorker, have been named the winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in the two photography categories. Mills’s series of photos captured during the assassination attempt on Donald Trump won the Breaking News Photography category while Saman’s photos of the Sednya Prison in Syria took home the award for Feature Photography.
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Here are the winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes – Poynter
Details and links to this year’s recipients of journalism’s highest honor
via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2025/here-are-winners-2025-pulitzer-prizes/
Details and links to this year’s recipients of journalism’s highest honor
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2025/here-are-winners-2025-pulitzer-prizes/
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Photos: Seeing Chicago through the eyes of photojournalist Steve Lasker
Steve Lasker, a pioneering photojournalist in Chicago, spent decades photographing the life in and around the city. From devastating tragedies like the fire at Our Lady of the Angels School to poli…
via Chicago Tribune: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/photos-seeing-chicago-through-the-eyes-of-pioneering-photojournalist-steve-lasker/
Steve Lasker, a pioneering photojournalist in Chicago, spent decades photographing the life in and around the city. From devastating tragedies like the fire at Our Lady of the Angels School to politics and sports, Lasker was always there to document. He was known as the man with the “golden eyes.”
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Ken Marchionno: 300 Miles to Wounded Knee – LENSCRATCH
In early March I had the pleasure of attending this year’s Society for Photographic Education annual conference in Reno, NV and participating in the portfolio reviews. It is always great to connect with others across the table while discussing the work and ideas that they are eager to share. For the next few days, we
via LENSCRATCH: https://lenscratch.com/2025/05/ken-marchionno-300-miles-to-wounded-knee/
In 2004 I was asked by members of the Lakota Nation to document the 300-mile memorial horse ride to the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre—the Oomaka Tokatakiya, Future Generations Ride
https://lenscratch.com/2025/05/ken-marchionno-300-miles-to-wounded-knee/
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How AI sees war photos — Harvard Gazette
Shorenstein fellow wants to deploy tech to preserve the visual record. An image from the front lines in Iraq provides a test.
via Harvard Gazette: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/how-ai-sees-war-photos/
Shorenstein fellow wants to deploy tech to preserve the visual record. An image from the front lines in Iraq provides a test.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/how-ai-sees-war-photos/
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Annie Leibovitz Inaugral Prize Goes to Photographer Focusing on Migrants
She’s won $10,000.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/04/30/annie-leibovitz-inaugral-prize-goes-to-photographer-focusing-on-migrants/
Zélie Hallosserie has been awarded the first-ever Saltzman-Leibovitz photography prize. The 21-year-old photographer’s work shines a light on migration and exile in northern France.
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A Sobering Photograph Captures Detained Migrants’ Cry for Help
The aerial image of 34 men spelling out a distress signal from a Texas detention center stands in defiance of a government that wants to crowd our field of vision.
via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/1008054/a-sobering-photograph-captures-detained-migrants-cry-for-help/
The aerial image of 34 men spelling out a distress signal from a Texas detention center stands in defiance of a government that wants to crowd our field of vision.
https://hyperallergic.com/1008054/a-sobering-photograph-captures-detained-migrants-cry-for-help/
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John Humble, Photographer Who Captured LA’s Contradictions, Dies at 81
For five decades, Humble focused his lens on areas of the city often overlooked or dismissed, from its industrial infrastructure to its mom-and-pop storefronts.
via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/1006730/john-humble-photographer-who-captured-los-angeles-contradictions-dies-at-81/
For five decades, Humble focused his lens on areas of the city often overlooked or dismissed, from its industrial infrastructure to its mom-and-pop storefronts.
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